The Master Game

Name: The Master Game
Released: 1975-06-25

Premiered 1975-06-25 2 seasons 8 eps

The Master Game is a BBC production of televised chess tournaments that ran for eight series on BBC2 from 1976 to 1983. Presented by Jeremy James with expert analysis from Leonard Barden and, later, Bill Hartston, The Master Game was noted for its innovative style, in which a display board with animated figurines and move notation, shown centre-left of screen, was accompanied by footage of the players cogitating, their thoughts during the game heard in voice-over. As a theme tune, the later series of this programme used the Disco '78 version of Ennio Morricone's "Come Maddalena".

Last Episode Aired 1977-01-03

S2E1 — Round 1, Game 1

'It's funny - I was sure he didn't know this opening... played it a little slowly... but he's playing the right ones. Now he's undermining these two advanced centre pawns of mine!' WILLIAM HARTSTON, reigning Master Game Champion, analysing an opening by his opponent, brilliant 11-year-old player NIGEL SHORT. In this new series of The Master Game, six of Britain's top chess players, including the foremost woman player in Western Europe, are joined by two outstanding youngsters in a competition for the BBC2 Master Game Trophy and a first prize of £250. Round 1, Game 1 Nigel Short, one of the best 11-year-old players of all time v William Hartston, International Master and expert on the Benoni.

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